Assessment of terrestrial radionuclides in the sandy soil from Guliakhali beach area of Chattogram, Bangladesh

Debasish Roy; M. M.Mahfuz Siraz; Md Jafor Dewan; S. Pervin; A. F.M.Mizanur Rahman; Mayeen Uddin Khandaker; S. Yeasmin

doi:10.1007/s10967-022-08196-2

Assessment of terrestrial radionuclides in the sandy soil from Guliakhali beach area of Chattogram, Bangladesh

Debasish Roy
, M. M.Mahfuz Siraz
, Md Jafor Dewan
, S. Pervin
, A. F.M.Mizanur Rahman
, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker
, S. Yeasmin

University of Dhaka
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
Sunway University

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Abstract

A study was conducted to assess the concentrations of primordial radionuclides in fifteen sandy soil samples collected from a newly discovered Guliakhali sea beach in Bangladesh by HPGe gamma-ray spectrometry. The specific activity of soil samples varied from 25 ± 3 to 130 ± 11 Bqkg⁻¹, from 15 ± 2 to 70 ± 6 Bqkg⁻¹ and from 200 ± 16 to 880 ± 43 Bqkg⁻¹ for ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K respectively. Although a few samples showed comparatively higher radiation level and associated doses possibly because of the ship breaking industry located nearby, overall, most of the values of annual effective dose are less than the worldwide average value of 1 mSvy⁻¹.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1299-1307
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	331
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08196-2
Publication status	Published - Mar 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Effective dose
HPGe detector
Natural radioactivity
Radiation hazard indices
Sandy soil

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Assessment of terrestrial radionuclides in the sandy soil from Guliakhali beach area of Chattogram, Bangladesh

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